Re: Function description - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Function description
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Msg-id 47B556E6.8090200@archonet.com
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In response to Function description  ("Bart Degryse" <Bart.Degryse@indicator.be>)
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Bart Degryse wrote:
> Hi all,
> I find some 1553 functions in pg_catalog of which only a small part is documented in the manual.
> Does anyone know where I can find what the others do with maybe an example.

There's no other documentation (apart from the source) but most are 
repetitions and conversions:

For example "\df int4" returns 8 identically named casts to cover 
converting from numeric, real, smallint etc. There is a similar list for 
int2 and most other types in the system.

Likewise "\df int*mod" will show a set of modulo-calculation functions 
for various sizes of integer.

So - they're not explicitly documented as separate functions, but they 
implement operators and public functions that are.

--   Richard Huxton  Archonet Ltd


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